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113

Two blanc-de-chine libation cups

KANGXI

Two blanc-de-chine libation cups
Kangxi
The first with one side moulded in relief with a deer standing below branches of prunus, the reverse with a dragon emerging from clouds above a buddhistic lion, 8.6 cm. high; the other moulded in relief with an attendant holding a parasol above an equestrian figure, the reverse with a dragon emerging from clouds above a buddhistic lion seated on its haunches, 9.7 cm. high, one with crack (2)

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See footnote of the previous lot.
For a similar example see Rose Kerr & John Ayers, Blanc de Chine, porcelain from Dehua, Chicago 2002, no. 128.

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